- File types are ridiculous to figure out
- File naming is another pain
- Split files in 2013?
- Minimal previews/ descriptions on videos
- Picture/video quality varies, often for the worse
- Site crashes while using Opera browser
- Not compatible with FreeDownloadManager

Bottom Line:

I'll preface this by saying that this will be, without a doubt, the most disjointed bottom line I've ever written. I'm just going to call it, "Issues". Joining this site was a major disappointment and what follows might tell the story.

I will say that the speed issue I commented on was somewhat resolved. I still can't use FreeDownloadManager, but the "Save As" speed is up to 1.2 mb. Not great, but certainly better than the 200kb I saw in the beginning. Other than this being a strictly amateur site which I absolutely love, that pretty much ends the positives. Here we go...

Normally, I would go into detail about the various file types. GOW seems to go out of their way to make that confusing as hell. You get columns labeled mp4, mpg+wmv and wmv. Then, quite often, you face a cryptic list like this: Source MP4 1080p, Source MP4 720p, High (1024x576 @ 3200k), High (1024x576 @ 3200k), HD (1280x720 @ 4700k), HD (1280x720 @ 4700k), Low (512x288 @ 600K), Low (512x288 @ 600K). On top of that, there are sometimes 5 links that say the same exact thing (e.g. Medium (1920x1080 @ 1500K)) Seemingly duplicate links that link to different files? Same file with slightly different names? I have no clue. I'll just leave it as this - I tried to download only the highest resolution video and was frequently disappointed in the quality of even the newest scenes. Lighting quality, especially on the outdoor scenes was hit or miss.

File naming. Fine on pictures as the name of the model and the set are used. On video? Another nightmare. A lot of the B/G and G/G videos download using the couple's names with no mention of the scene/episode. So, even though a couple has done more than one video, each one has to be renamed so you can download the different videos.

Opened a solo girl video that showed it was the second of 3 parts. Went to the model index to get the other two parts and there were only two videos listed. WHERE'S THE THIRD? Guess I can browse the entire site to see if it's there.

Clicked on the thumbnail for part 3 of a video and the flash preview shows part 2

Picture sets showing up in the video section.

Thinking there might be a browser issue in how the site was displayed, I tried Opera. That kept crashing so I went back to Firefox.

It's pretty bad when the bonus sets are better quality than most of the host site's material - higher resolution and better lighting.

Preview thumbnails for several full length videos open to a page with no download links.

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I actually got a headache trying to figure out how to write all of this, so I'm going to stop writing and just leave it at this - For such a well known site, it's a mess. If you really like amateurs, in all their non-glamorous glory, and don't mind digging for files and renaming almost every video, go for it. Otherwise, avoid this site.

It seems I now get an email every other day from Girls Out West with links to random sites. I was skeptical but thought maybe the links might be tied to the site somehow and that I could unsubscribe from there. Although the links don't work (odd in itself), what concerns me is that the links all have my email address AND my full name in them. It appears that GOW has sold my information to spammers. I just know I'm not too thrilled with this at all and would hope a site rep would respond to this comment.

I haven't been able to access the site for over a day now so there's no way to contact the site to find out what's what. Hopefully they'll chime in here. All in all, a surprisngly disappointing experience...

I think this is a site for women not for men.
Nearly all videos and photo sets are the opposite of sexy (even the sex scenes).
And the videos are very slooooow, nearly impossible to watch online (stream).

OK - I just joined the site and so far I am NOT happy. I've never had an issue with FreeDownloadManager on any site before and this 200kb average speed is busting my balls. I don't LIKE 2 1/2 hours to download a single HD scene. On top of that, the site just crashed Opera. I went to that because the signup didn't work on Firefox.

General theme:
This is a genuine amateur site. You will not see fake boobs, bottox lips and bleached hair on this site. Instead, you will find real-life, girl-next-door kind of women. And this comes with all the consequences of realistic imperfection.

Scenes:
girlsoutwest.com offers solo, girl/girl and boy/girl scenes in videos and/or picture sets. Each scenes is split into 1-4 parts and sometimes one complete compilation with all the parts in one big file. All updates after December 2009 are coming in high resolution, which means

1920 x 1080 .mp4, 3500 bps
1280 x 720 .wmv
1280 x 720 .mp4

as well as

1024 x 576 .wmv
1024 x 576 .mpg

The quality of the high res videos is very good
1080i files are about 300-500mb for one part and 1,5-4 gb for a complete scene.
Older updates are coming in 640x480 .mpg and .wmv format
At the moment, there are about 160 high res girl/girl videos, 160 high res solo videos and 50 high res boy/gilr videos. Keep in mind, that one video means a part, not a complete scene.
The picture sets are coming in 2000x1333 resolution .jpg's and can be downloaded in one .zip file.

Pro's
* The site offers genuine, non-scripted and non-staged, non-mechanical scenes. You'll find a lot of kissing, foreplay, caressing and playful sex.
* No fake tits, no bottox, no fuck-me-shoes, the models are just as real as you can get.
* None of the pictures are photoshopped!!!!
* Scenes are well shot, usually good lighting and atmosphere.
* Servers are stable and support download managers.

Con's
* Navigation is a bit clumsy to put it nicely.
* File formats, especially of the complete scenes, are a bit messy, some of the files are .mp4, some are .m4a and I even downloaded a .mov file.
* The update/video denotation is and inconsistent and casual.
* Many scenes don't have a complete scene download.

Bottom line:
girlsoutwest.com is a jewel in the rough. In many ways, it's superior to sites like abbywinters. If you're tired of glamour, sterile high-budget productions and if you're not affraid to see women as they *really* are, I highly recommend this site. However, be prepared to spend some time digging through the inconsistency and navigation inconvenience.

I was an enthusiastic supporter of this site in the past but one thing that always bothered me was that videos were being published in bits and pieces (part 1, part 2, part 3) rather than as a whole. I could understand this way of doing things when most Porn Users were still on dial-up or ADSL but most of us are on broadband now and there should be a choice of downloading a whole movie for those with a faster speed. Is there such a choice? Tell me yes and I will be back!

I was a member 6 months back and was put off by the clumsy outfits and granny underwear. Not lately ! There are some skanky party dresses, nice body tees, and other great tight outfits. There are new models with wonderful skin, an Indian model with silky smooth brown skin ! If you haven't been here lately, it's time to take a month to take in the beauty. Plus the girls laugh together before getting into it...

This isn't abby winters, but it is a close second. There are also new (720) HD videos that are quite large but full of detail.

As I'm a bit confused about the low ratings of the latest reviews I wanted to check out how girlsoutwest.com has developed over the last few years. I know that site from the old days and it used to different than others. Surely unique because of the efforts Annie has always put into making her site a fun place to be.

The thing that made me sad was to see regional pricing when you want to become a member using the join page but if you order via epoch.com you get a lower price as a European. Guess I'll have to come back soon to GOW in order to review it for PU.

Just to let the fellow PUs know I used to exchange a lot of mails with Annie the owner of GOW a few years ago. I might have a tough time in order to be as objective as possible.

Okay - I've heard things about GOW like messmer's "Abby's with spice before, and I'm definitely all about amateurs, so I'm pretty sure this is going to be my next signup. But I am curious about a few things.

I didn't see any mention of a download limit here and couldn't find anything on their tour about it, so... is there one?
What's the watermark look like? Is this one of those sites that likes to scream "This is ours!"?
Is it safe to assume it's download manager compatible? Along with that, what are the server speeds like?
TBP indicates that there are no full-length videos, so I'm curious how the scenes are broken up and what the average file sizes are.

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